Comment by fastasucan
5 days ago
How do you know its correct? And how do you learn to engage with the theory heavy subject doing it this way?
5 days ago
How do you know its correct? And how do you learn to engage with the theory heavy subject doing it this way?
How do you know anything is correct? LLMs can be wrong, humans can be wrong, you can be wrong. The motto of the royal society, is "Nullius in verba" which is a latin phrase : "take nobody's word for it," that's LITERALLY the motto of the royal society. Its your job as a scientist and critical thinker to test assumptions, oberve reality and use empirical inquiry to seek truth, and in the process, question ALL sources and test all assertions, from multiple angles if required.
amusing that this comment contains a subtle appeal to authority. "take nobody's word for it" -- you can take the Royal Society's word for that
You don't - the way I use LLMs for explanations is that I keep going back and forth between the LLM explanation and Google search /Wikipedia. And of course asking the LLM to cite sources helps.
This might sound cumbersome but without the LLM I wouldn't have (1) known what to search for, in a way (2) that lets me incrementally build a mental model. So it's a net win for me. The only gap I see is coverage/recall: when asked for different techniques to accomplish something, the LLM might miss some techniques - and what is missed depends upon the specific LLM. My solution here is asking multiple LLMs and going back to Google search.
Ask for sources. Easy.